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Puppetry plays an extensive role in bringing to life Disney’s The Lion King on stage. There are primarily two kinds of puppetry used in The Lion King. Bunraku Puppetry from Japan, and shadow puppetry from Indonesia.
Bunraku, or Japanese puppet theater, is probably the most developed form of puppetry in the world. The puppets are large - usually about [...]
Julie Taymor, director and designer of the Broadway production of The Lion King, gives the following account of casting procedure and rehearsals for that production.
PREVIEWS
Two days later our first audience had taken their seats in high anticipation. By this time our whole crew, including producers and performers were a little frazzled, exhausted, and not quite [...]
Disney’s The Lion King will be arriving in San Diego very soon (October 13-November 8)! I’m sure many of you are as excited about attending as I am. In preparation I’ve been doing a lot of reading up on African Theatre. Below is a great excerpt on the conventions of traditional African Theatre. When attending The Lion King try to observe [...]
Julie Taymor, director and designer of the Broadway production of The Lion King, gives the following account of casting procedure and rehearsals for that production.
TECHNICAL REHEARSALS
With a host of computers sitting on large boards spread out over the seats, and headsets to communicate backstage, we were able to begin tracking the cues. While I, the [...]
Julie Taymor, director and designer of the Broadway production of The Lion King, gives the following account of casting procedure and rehearsals for that production.
PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER
Once the singers and dancers had learned their music and dance choreography, they joined me in the large rehearsal room to work out their blocking and integration into [...]